OTTAWA - The federal fisheries minister said Tuesday it will be more difficult for cabinet to give another green light to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion if — or more likely when — the National Energy Board's new environmental review determines the project is going to harm killer whales. Jonathan Wilkinson said such a finding wouldn't mean cabinet will reject the project — but ministers will have to be convinced there are appropriate measures in place to protect the extremely endangered [Read more]
Eagle Spirit Pipeline project could win NEB approval, president says
CALGARY - The president of the company proposing the $16-billion Eagle Spirit Pipeline says his project could win regulatory approval if the federal government backs down on its plan to ban oil tanker traffic on the north coast of B.C. Calvin Helin of Eagle Spirit Energy Holding Ltd. says his project to build a pipeline corridor from Fort McMurray in northern Alberta to Prince Rupert, B.C., has several advantages over the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion whose regulatory approval was [Read more]
Frontier oilsands mine inks ‘participation agreement’ with Mikisew Cree
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The company proposing the $20.6-billion Frontier Oil Sands Mine says it has achieved its target of signing deals with all of the Indigenous groups who live near the northern Alberta megaproject. Doug Brown, director of public affairs for Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd., says it has successfully concluded negotiations with the Mikisew Cree First Nation of Fort Chipewyan, a small community near the project site north of Fort McMurray. The news of a 14th deal being [Read more]
‘Stop the regulatory merry-go-round:’ Alberta ministers to fight C-69 in Ottawa
CALGARY - Alberta's energy and environment ministers are heading to Ottawa to push for changes to federal legislation that would overhaul energy project reviews. Premier Rachel Notley made the announcement today in a speech to the International Pipeline Conference in Calgary. She says Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips will make Alberta's case to the Senate in the hope of getting Bill C-69 fixed. The bill, which is still under [Read more]
Teck Resources takes $20.6B Frontier oilsands mine project to joint hearing
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - In a sign that the oilsands mining industry can't be counted out just yet, public hearings into the proposed $20.6-billion Frontier Oil Sands Mine project begin in Fort McMurray, Alta., today. International oil companies are cutting their oilsands mine investments and many analysts say the long-life returns don't justify the high upfront costs, but Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. says it is committed to its megaproject which could be producing oil by 2026. "We [Read more]
Washington wants Canada to improve spill plan for U.S. spur of Trans Mountain
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington's Department of Ecology wants the Canadian government to fix what it calls "deficiencies in critical areas" of its spill response plan for a spur of the Trans Mountain pipeline that runs through the state. When Canada purchased the Trans Mountain pipeline and assets for $4.5 billion, it also bought the Puget Sound line, which carries Alberta oil to four Washington refineries. The state's Ecology Department says in a news release that the Canadian government, as [Read more]
Bellegarde says pipeline expansion may go forward if shipping terminal moved
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the federal government would find it easier to get the Trans Mountain pipeline built if it moves the route and the marine shipping terminal to avoid Indigenous communities that are oppose the project. Perry Bellegarde said many Indigenous communities believe in the need to diversify export markets for Canadian resources through work to transition to a clean energy economy. However, he acknowledged there are some communities [Read more]
Alberta United Conservative leader says no confusion sowed on India trip
CALGARY - Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says he didn't sow confusion on his recent trade trip to India, and says the contacts he renewed there can only help the province. Kenney also mocked Trade Minister Deron Bilous for saying his office is now doing "damage control" with Indian officials to make sure Kenney's role and the provincial position on trade issues is clear. "I don't think they would know who to call," Kenney said Monday. "In the three-and-a-half [Read more]
Alberta still out of climate change accord until pipeline approved: Notley
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is still out of the federal government's climate change accord despite Ottawa's plans to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion approved. The federal government has given the National Energy Board less than six months to redo its environmental review of the pipeline and examine the impact of additional oil tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia. Notley pulled out of the federal climate change plan, which [Read more]
Feds launching review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval
OTTAWA - The National Energy Board has less than six months to redo its environmental review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, this time taking into account the impact of additional oil tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi is making the announcement this morning in Halifax, where Canada is hosting environment and energy ministers at a G7 summit meeting. The federal cabinet has ordered the NEB to return with a new [Read more]
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